"Did anyone ever envision the following declaration ... especially in this space?

The Lions' general manager should be named the NFL's top executive for 2011.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We briefly interrupt this column to give readers a chance to faint.

Now that you've regained consciousness, think about it. Who's more deserving than Martin Mayhew? It's not even close.

Jim Harbaugh is likely to be coach of the year, but the guy who put that team together in San Francisco got bounced from his gig before the season. Denver's director of football operations, somebody by the name of Elway, didn't draft Tim Tebow. And he probably still doesn't want him as his long-term quarterback, despite his early success."